Key facts

Product:
Chair, from the SS Leviathan Ocean Liner
Manufacturer:
Phillips
Architonic ID:
4109443
Launched:
1930
Country:
United States
Category:
Furnishings

Product description

Beech wood, fabric, brass tacks.
38 1/2 in. (97.8 cm) high

Catalogue essay:
The offered lot was designed for the nightclub interior Eugene Schoen designed for the luxury liner SS Leviathan in 1930 which was the world's first modern interior designed for an ocean liner. The chair retains its original fabric.

Provenance:
SS Leviathan Ocean Liner

Literature:
Alastair Duncan, American Art Deco, New York, 1986, pp. 46-47 for further reading and examples of Schoen’s work